Myles victor papps



Sept. 2, 1930. M. v. PAPPS 1375,04?

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INVENTOR I; WITNESS: I ATTORNEY Patented Sept. 2, 1930 PATENT OFFICEMYLES VICTOR PAPPS, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

MORTUARY GOWN Application filed December This invention relates toimprovements in mortuary gowns and has particular reference to a papergown which may be constructed very cheaply and destroyed after one use.

Heretofore, it has been the practice of hospitals to use a regulationlinen gown for mortuary purposes when delivering a corpse to anundertaker with the consequent result that the gown would never bereturned, thus the hospital sufiers a needless loss which in a course oftime amounts to a costly maintenance item. Therefore, the primary objectof this invention is to provide a paper gown which is equally aspractical as the present linen gowns, more suitable for the purpose forwhich it is intended, less expensive than the regular linen bed gowns,and which costs much less than a linen gown to produce.

Another object of the invention resides in the simplicity ofconstruction wherein two identical sheets of paper are joined togetherto form the gown without necessitating the use of expensive dies forcutting the material into gown shape.

With these and other objects in View, the invention resides in certainnovel construction and combination and arrangement of parts, theessential features of which are hereinafter fully described, areparticularly pointed out in the appended claim, and are illustrated inthe accompanying drawing, in which Figure 1 is a front elevation of myimproved mortuary gown.

Figure 2 is a rear elevation thereof.

Figure ,3 is a horizontal sectional view on the line 3-3 of Figure 1.

Figure 4 is a fragmentary vertical sectional view on the line 44: ofFigure 1.

Figure 5 is a plan view of the upper section of the gown in flatcondition.

Figure 6 is a fragmentary plan view of the lower section of the gown inflat condition.

Referring to the drawing by reference characters, the numeral 10designates my improved paper mortuary gown in its entirety whichincludes an upper garment section 11 3, 1928. Serial No. 323,496.

and a lower garment section 12. the latter constituting a skirt. Both ofthe garment portions are constructed of identical rectangular lengths ofcrepe paper, the skirt section being folded on the longitudinal foldlines 13 to form a continuous front 14 and rearwardly foldable backportions 15. 15, each of which is approximately one-half the width ofthe front 14- so that normally thev terminate in close proximity to eachother as shown in Figure 2 of the drawing.

. The upper garment section 11 is provided with a central neck opening16, while the material is slit from the opening to the rear edge as at17, the edges of the slit being in alignment with the longitudinal edgesof the back portions 15 when the two sections are fixedly jolnedtogether in a manner presently to be explained. The corners of the blankare cutaway as at 18 so that when the section is folded on thelongitudinal fold line 19, the opposed edges will meet and shape thesection into sleeves 20. The sleeves are formed by stitching the meetingcutaway edges as at 21. The straight front and back longitudinal edge ofthe upper sections are stitched to the upper edge of the lower sectionas at 22, whereupon a gown open at the back and closed at the front isprovided.

The edges of the neck opening 16 are reinforced by a binding of fabric23 which is stitched thereto, the ends being free as at 24 to enable thetying of the same about the neck of a corpse. Reinforcing strips 25 alsobridge the joint between the upper and lower garment sections and arestitched to the edges adjacent thereto as clearly seen in Figure 2 ofthe drawing.

The gown may be easily placed upon a corpse as the entire back is openwithout fear of tearing the gown as the paper is relatively tough andcapable of withstanding any reasonable amount of strain. It will be seenthat hospitals may substitute this paper gown for the present linen gownwhen delivering a corpse to an undertaker, and thus effect a greatsaving, as in most instances the undertaker fails to return the same.The paper mortuary gown will also be found more sanitary as it may bethrown away after one use without any great loss.

Although I have specifically stated that the gown is primarily intendedfor mortuary purposes, I do not wish to limit the same to this one use,as it may be used by doctors,

surgeons, dentists and the like in administergarment section,

ing to patients. A fresh clean gown can be worn when treating differentpatients without a great expense and in a more sanitary manner than thepresent linen gown.

The gown may be compactly folded for packing and storage purposes, andif desired the same may be enclosed in sealed packages for sanitaryreasons.

While I have described what I deem to be the most desirable embodimentof my invention, it is obvious that many of the details may be variedwithout in any way departing from the spirit of my invention, and Itherefore do not limit myself to the exact details of constructionherein set forth nor to anything less than the whole of my inventionlimited only by the appended claim.

What is claimed as new is A; mortuary gown comprising an upper both ofsaid garment sections being constructed of rectangular lengths of paper,the upper garment section having a neck openlng therein and a slitextending from .said neck opening to one of the edges of said uppergarment section, the lower garment section being folded longitudinallyand fixedly secured to opposite edges of said upper garment section withthe longitudinal edges in alignment with the edges of said slit toprovide an open back extending the length of said gown, a binding tapesecured to the edges of said neck opening and having its ends free'toper mit tying thereof, and binding tape secured to the aligned edges ofsaid upper and lower garment sections and bridging the jointtherebetween. e

In testimony whereof I have aflixed my signature.

MYLES VICTOR PAPPS.

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